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Zoe Weyand

Zoe Weyand

Staff Writer

Zoe Weyand is a staff writer and journalism student at Ohio University. Previously, she has written for The Post in Athens, Ohio and interned at NEXT Advertising Agency.

zweyand@poynter.org

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Latest Fact-Checks By Zoe Weyand

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Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on April 12, 2026 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The U.S. Navy was created "to free international waters from the Barbary pirates."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 14, 2026
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on March 24, 2026 an interview on MS NOW:
"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 2, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2026 remarks aboard Air Force One:
“We've had regime change.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 1, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2026 remarks at a Memphis event:
"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand • March 25, 2026
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 3, 2026 in a speech on March 3, 2026:
“In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.”
True
By Zoe Weyand • March 20, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 3, 2026 in a post:
Iran released a list of U.S. cities it will target.
False
By Zoe Weyand • March 6, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on February 28, 2026 on social media:
Video shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.
False
By Zoe Weyand • March 4, 2026
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on February 24, 2026 the Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address:
President Donald Trump’s tariff policies “have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs” since last year.
Mostly True
By Loreben Tuquero, Zoe Weyand • February 25, 2026
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